Sunday Dec 31 |
 | Terrain Run (no map) 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Ran in the rain at Afton, almost all off trail. Between the hills and wet leaves, more than just a 2, but the pace didn't feel like a 3. Saw at least a dozen deer and scared away a huge flock of geese down by the river. |
Saturday Dec 30 |
| Orienteering (field checking) 2:20:00 [2] *** | |
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| First, let me say that I didn't originally plan on spending so much time at Willie-O. But it's so easy to make armchair updates, I feel responsible for ensuring their accuracy with a good close investigation. Made it into the woods by 9 AM, came back to update after an hour, then did another session near noon and adjourned to Roberta's in Marine to get lunch and do more updates. Finished up with another hour in the afternoon.
The river was really noisy today. Big sheets of ice were floating downstream and funneling into a narrow channel, which was totally clogged in a couple places. I got right down on some rocks a couple feet off the water and watched a 50-foot long sheet expend its momentum against the jam just below my feet, throwing up broken pieces of ice and snapping 2-in branches off a old tree frozen into the shore ice. Not quite the Arctic Ocean, but really cool stuff anyway.
I think one more day of validating some of the updated areas, and the map will be at "v1.0" status. Got to put my foot down about when to stop, otherwise it'll never end.
Raspberries are still a problem - didn't try to address that issue since there's at least a couple km^2 of them. |
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| Left ankle was gimpy for some reason. Maybe it's the lack of training this week - I see I've been the slacker 'round here! |
Monday Dec 25 |
| Terrain Run (no map) 1:05:00 [4] 10 km (6:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006, black |
| Good run all around L Maria. Getting dark near the end. Only a couple inches of snow - didn't make much difference. |